22-42 ENROLMENT BY TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Continued TableⅠ
person
Type	1990	1994	1995	1996	1997
Part-time
Sub-degree	15868	8951	7768	12165	11758
First Degree	3199	4883	4627	4223	4120
Postgraduate	4041	8351	9652	10138	10537
The Open University of Hong Kong⑥
Part-time	13009	18311	20085	20451	22904
Adult Education Institutions⑦
Day Courses	21189	29488	32590	33359	36588
Evening Courses	79805	62534	59547	59211	62948

Notes:

Figures for kindergarten, primary, secondary 1-7 and special education are as at September of the

year.Figures for approved post-secondary colleges, other post-secondary colleges, schools offering adult education and the Open University of Hong Kong are as at October of the year. Figures for

Technical Institutes and Technical Colleges are as at November of the year. Figures for UGC-funded

institutions are as at December of the year.

① Kindergarten education is provided by voluntary organisations and private bodies for children

in the 3-5 age group. These kindergartens are registered with and supervised by the Education

Department. Most kindergartens operate two half-day sessions, but the number offering whole-day

places is increasing.

② Excluding commercial schools which have been classified under 'Adult education insitutions'.

③ The Hong Kong Institute of Education came under the aegis of the University Grants Committee

(UGC)with effect from 1 July 1996.

④ Craft level course is post-secondary 3 course. Technician level course is post-secondary 5

course.

⑤ The Hong Kong Technical Colleges (Chai Wan & Tsing Yi), which run Higher Diploma and

Higher Certificate courses, started operation in 1993.

⑥ The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was established in June 1989. It was renamed The

Open University of Hong Kong on 30 May 1997.

⑦ 'Adult education institutions' refer to courses in Government evening institutes, the Evening

School of Higher Chinese Studies and various private schools offering a variety of subjects

including commercial classes.